New fingerprint sensor move for Nexus 5X in Android 7.1.2 update

The Maintenance Review features a new gesture that is actually carried over from the Google Pixel. The Nexus 6P might get it soon.

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Sources: HTC-made “Nexus” will be “Google” phones

This year’s supposed HTC-made Nexus devices, codenamed “Marlin” and “Sailfish,” may not have “Nexus” in their names.Sources to Android Central are instead saying that “Google” will be integral to the branding of the phones. Another integral part to the products is that they will feature special and exclusive software features beyond the set given on Android Nougat.Completely muddled in all of this is what may or may not be included in

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Android Nougat Maintenance Releases get tagged with version numbers

What’s in a number? The sum of all of its parts? What are those parts, then?In a software release, it’s the small things like bugfixes, rewriting menu options, rewriting entire menus. It’s also the big things like vulnerabilities that need to be patched yesterday. But if you’re planning on regular releases, do we really need to plan on giving new names just for sake ...

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Nexus Launcher, Google Assistant expected in Android Nougat Maintenance Release 1

Android 7.0 Nougat wasn’t as flashy as you expected it to be, right? Where was the Nexus Launcher? Where’s Allo and Google Assistant and that “not a home button” home button? Where ...

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